CHABLIS PREMIER CRU MONTMAINS

CHABLIS PREMIER CRU
MONTMAINS 2013

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2022

Grape variety

100% Chardonnay.

Tasting notes

Pale golden colour with green tints.
Intense and slightly smoked nose with reminiscent of citrus zest and linden-tree.
Fresh, mineral attack marked by notes of toats and white peach, developing into a very distinctive finish which is mineral and slightly smoky.

Wine and food pairing

Will be perfect with seafood, notably oysters and Norway lobsters, but also grilled fish, veal blanquette and goat cheeses.

Serving temperature

Serve ideally at a temperature of 14°C. (57°F.).

Ageing potential

Very pleasant in its freshness and minerality, this premier cru will express its full potential up to 4 to 6 years after its vintage.

Origin

The most recent official Premier Cru list was established in 1986. It names 79 vineyards covering a total surface area of about 600 hectares. Chablis winegrowers decided to reclassify these plots in order to promote only 17 of them. The vineyards in question are located on both sides of the Serein River in the communes of Chablis, Fontenay, Maligny, Chichée, La Chapelle-Vaupelteigne, Courgis, Fleys and Beines.

The 37 hectares of the Montmains climat are located on the left bank of the Serein in the commune of Chablis. Often austere when young, and marked by mineral and lemony aromas, these wines stand out for their excellent ageing potential. Gentle slopes. Kimmeridgian marl.

Vinification and maturing

- Grapes and must delivered.
- Long pneumatic pressing
- Static cold settling of the musts
- Alcoholic fermentation started in stainless steel vats with the addition of selected yeasts
- After 3 days, around 25% of the juice is drawn off and transferred into fine-grained wooden barrels for the continuation of the fermentation process.
- For the wine remaining in the stainless steel vats, fermentation for 7 to 10 days at controlled temperatures (18 to 20°C) to conserve as much fruit as possible.
- 100% malolactic fermentation
- Matured on the lees for 6 months

Vintage : 2013

Vintage 2013 was characterised by unpredictable and irregular weather patterns which significantly affected the growth of the grapes. Springtime was dull and cloudy with alternating periods of mild and cold weather as well as heavy rainfall. The milder weather in June and the Summer temperatures in July enabled the vineyard to help catch up the growth cycle, with flowering occurring in early July Rain and cold conditions returned in September, slowing the maturation of the grapes and provoking the development of diseases such as “botrytis”, requiring extra care and attention in the vineyards The grape harvest commenced on the 30th September with sunny conditions and lasted two weeks with alternating rain and dry, sunny weather. Despite a shortfall in quantity, the quality of the musts were good and the first tastings after fermentation showed that the problems caused by the weather were a distant memory, with the prediction of a fine, successful vintage…

CHABLIS PREMIER CRU MONTMAINS 2013